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@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# @(#)europe 8.10
+# @(#)europe 8.11
# <pre>
# This data is by no means authoritative; if you think you know better,
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ Zone Europe/Dublin -0:25:00 - LMT 1880 Aug 2
###############################################################################
-# Continental Europe
+# Europe
# EU rules are for the European Union, previously known as the EC, EEC,
# Common Market, etc.
@@ -2386,6 +2386,8 @@ Link Europe/Istanbul Asia/Istanbul # Istanbul is in both continents.
# Zone NAME GMTOFF RULES FORMAT [UNTIL]
# Most of Ukraine since 1970 has been like Kiev.
+# "Kyiv" is the transliteration of the Ukrainian name, but
+# "Kiev" is more common in English.
Zone Europe/Kiev 2:02:04 - LMT 1880
2:02:04 - KMT 1924 May 2 # Kiev Mean Time
2:00 - EET 1930 Jun 21
@@ -2397,6 +2399,8 @@ Zone Europe/Kiev 2:02:04 - LMT 1880
2:00 E-Eur EE%sT 1995
2:00 EU EE%sT
# Ruthenia used CET 1990/1991.
+# "Uzhhorod" is the transliteration of the Ukrainian name, but
+# "Uzhgorod" is more common in English.
Zone Europe/Uzhgorod 1:29:12 - LMT 1890 Oct
1:00 - CET 1940
1:00 C-Eur CE%sT 1944 Oct
@@ -2409,7 +2413,10 @@ Zone Europe/Uzhgorod 1:29:12 - LMT 1890 Oct
2:00 E-Eur EE%sT 1995
2:00 EU EE%sT
# Zaporozh'ye and eastern Lugansk oblasts observed DST 1990/1991.
-# Zaporozh'ye has an apostrophe, but Posix file names can't have apostrophes.
+# "Zaporizhia" is the transliteration of the Ukrainian name, but
+# "Zaporozh'ye" is more common in English. Use the common English
+# spelling, except omit the apostrophe as it is not allowed in
+# portable Posix file names.
Zone Europe/Zaporozhye 2:20:40 - LMT 1880
2:20 - CUT 1924 May 2 # Central Ukraine T
2:00 - EET 1930 Jun 21